We love to talk of God’s “still, small voice.” (1 Kings 19:12 NKJV). We’re comfortable with the thought of His “gentle whisper.” (NLT). But what about when He roars like thunder, when His voice shakes the heavens? Do we tremble in fear or shout with joy? The difference lies in how well we know Him.
If we have never spent time with Him, never sought Him with all our heart, we will see only His power and not His love. We will focus on His judgement and not His mercy. We will hear the thunder, but miss the gentle breeze.
However, once we’ve spent time with Him, sitting at His feet, reading His Word, talking to Him in prayer, then we will know Him as He really is. He is our Heavenly Father, who wants only the best for us.
Then we will delight at the sound of His voice, whether it be heard in the breeze or in the tempest. We He speaks we will not fear, but run to Him with open arms. When we know God as it is our privilege to know Him, His voice will be to us “glorious in the thunder.” Job 37:5. We will delight in His whisper and dance with joy when He shouts!
Someday soon “the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16). On that day, what will be your response?
Will you flee in terror, calling to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne” (Revelation 6:16)? Or will you shout with joy, “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us…We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation” (Isaiah 25:9)?
The choice is up to you. Fear or joy. Terror or rejoicing. “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts…” Hebrews 3:15. Do not run away. Kneel down. Give Him your heart. Give Him your life. Then listen! He speaks! Glory in the thunder!
God bless and Happy Sabbath!
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